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47.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Fewer flats than 97% of UK towns: 2.2% of households

Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 759 residents and 326 households in Abbeytown. Here, 24% of households have dependent children. Households in detached houses: 41% here and 21% across England’s towns.

23%aged 65 or over 3%born abroad 326households

Ages

Older than 71% of UK towns: half of Abbeytown is over 47.4

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

AbbeytownEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in 61% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6430%

65 and over23%

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Abbeytown

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 2.7% in Abbeytown, less than in 99% of UK towns

What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students2.7%

Higher managerial and professional7.4%

Lower managerial and professional17%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical5.8%

Semi-routine13%

Routine15%

Never worked or long-term unemployed9.9%

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Abbeytown

6.8%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.1× England’s share

Nearly a quarter of Abbeytown’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. In Abbeytown, 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Fewer one-person households than 65% of UK towns: 28%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 2.2%

Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns

Abbeytown

Cumbria’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people39%

3 people15%

4 people11%

5 or more6.8%

England’s towns.

Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Still, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Households without a car or van: 12%, a lower share than 68% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Abbeytown

Cumbria’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van12%

One38%

Two33%

Three or more16%

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in terraced houses: 26%, above 72% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Below 90% of UK towns: 3% of residents were born outside the UK

Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.

Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%

Abbeytown

Cumbria’s towns

5.1%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.5%

Another main language, little or no English0.3%

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in Africa (0.9%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 62% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 65%

How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.

Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.3%

Asian0.4%

Mixed0.7%

Black0.7%

Other0.1%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Abbeytown · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion30%

Christian65%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer4.5%

0%40%80%

30% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.3%), African (0.7%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%).

Relationships & caring

Unpaid carers make up 11% in Abbeytown, more than in 84% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership34%

Married or civil partnership47%

Separated2.5%

Divorced9.2%

Widowed7.2%

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

78residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4%

20 to 49 hours2.1%

50 hours or more4.7%

Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Abbeytown has 34%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. For Abbeytown, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 47%.

Qualifications

24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications25%

Apprenticeship7.1%

A levels or similar14%

Degree level24%

AbbeytownCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

24% of Abbeytown’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 25% have none (18%).

Neighbours

Of the 5 towns nearest Abbeytown, 2 are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

SillothWigtonAspatriaAnnanDearhamAbbeytown

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Abbeytown	759	—	47.4	23%	24%
Silloth	2,542	4.1 mi	53.1	31%	21%
Wigton	5,396	5.4 mi	48.4	26%	22%
Aspatria	2,169	5.6 mi	45.4	24%	25%
Annan	8,697	10.1 mi	46.4	24%	24%
Dearham	2,344	11.4 mi	42.1	19%	30%

More about Abbeytown’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Cumbria’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cumbria (or England), summed the same way as Abbeytown’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.

Questions about Abbeytown’s residents

What is the population of Abbeytown?

The 2021 Census counted 759 people in Abbeytown’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Abbeytown?

The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Abbeytown?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Abbeytown?

30% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.

Is Abbeytown good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Abbeytown’s schools page.

Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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